The new Science and Engineering Building (SEB) will be a state-of-the-art facility that creates a world-class environment for interdisciplinary research and education. The building, which opens this year, will support innovative research approaches and will house new technologies that are conceived and developed through collaboration among faculty in the sciences, engineering, fine arts, health sciences, and allied units on campus. Students will be offered expanded and more specialized fields of study, with hands-on experience gained using the most technologically advanced equipment available.

Research activity will focus on the following interdisciplinary themes:

• Information, data, and communications technology;
• Arid lands environmental science, policy, and engineering;
• Energy and materials science and engineering; and
• Entertainment and convention technology and engineering.

The SEB will contain flexible laboratory and teaching space, offices, high-tech conference rooms, and integrated research areas designed to enhance discovery through teaching and learning.

SEB Fast Facts

PROJECT COST: $113 million

SIZE: 205,779 gross square feet

ARCHITECTURE FIRM: Dekker, Perich, Sabatini of Las Vegas

CONSTRUCTION FIRM: Sletten Construction of Nevada

ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: 2008

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Designed for interdisciplinary teaching and research with flexible classrooms and a 200-seat auditorium
• State-of-the-art laboratories and integrated research space
• "Smart" conference rooms
• Satellite energy plant, housed in a separate building, to provide heating and cooling for the SEB and future buildings on the north side of campus
• Design received 2004 Citation Award in the Unbuilt Category for the AIA (American Institute of Architects) Nevada Design Awards